Question

A mother comes running toward you screaming that something is wrong with her son. After sizing up the scene and obtaining consent, you perform an initial assessment and find that the child has a pulse, but is not moving or breathing. You perform rescue breathing at a rate of 1 rescue breath about once every:_________.

Answer 1

Answer:

A mother comes running toward you screaming that something is wrong with her son. After sizing up the scene and obtaining consent, you perform an initial assessment and find that the child has a pulse, but is not moving or breathing. You perform rescue breathing at a rate of 1 rescue breath about once every: 3 to 5 seconds.

Explanation:                                      

Rescue breathing is a technique that introduces air in the lungs of someone that can no breath on its own. The air goes to the patient by a pumping mask, a machine, or mouth to mouth. The recommended rescue breath for children is 1 every 3 to 5 seconds. This is very important because performing excessive rescue breaths or a few of them can be dangerous.

Answer 2

Answer:

every 5 seconds.

Explanation:

This question wants to test out knowledge on Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation(CPR) and Automated external defibrillator(AED). When a person's heart is no more functioning the way it should there is a need to perform a Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation(CPR) for that person and the procedure during such emergency is given below;

(1). Always remember to size the scene that is one should make sure that the environment is safe for the patient.

(2). Assess the patient for the first time before calling for ambulance.

(3). Then, perform the second assessment of the patient which involves you to perform a "rescue breathing at a rate of 1 rescue breath about once every" 5 seconds.